Got er done
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Topic: Got er done
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Subject: Got er done
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2019 at 4:39pm
| Finally finished the bad job this afternoon. All loaded up and gone. I’m glad I stuck it out even though there were times I just wanted to pack it up and leave. I’m betting the boss takes a serious beating on this one. |
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Posted By: mdm1
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2019 at 5:15pm
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Glad to here you are gone. Life is choices. Hope the boss learned something even though education can be expensive. ------------- Everything is impossible until someone does it! WD45-trip loader 1947 c w/woods belly mower, 1939 B, #3 sickle mower 1944 B, 2 1948 G's. Misc other equipment that my wife calls JUNK! |
Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2019 at 5:44pm
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And you've got to be a Hawaiian shorts with boots timer about now. ------------- 1938 B, 79 Dynamark 11/36 6spd, 95 Weed-Eater 16hp, 2010 Bolens 14hp |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2019 at 7:05pm
3 weeks til me my jeans and my boots hop on the puddle jumper. The flight back is 8 hrs long. Why ain’t it the same as going. Is that place floating away or what? |
chaskaduo wrote:Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2019 at 8:22pm
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Well,,Thad,,I'm glad you stuck it out,,,thats gonna be worth extra geetus when it time for your annual evaluation and raise,,,,,,,,,,  Thas right you are headed for the Haiwaianns ain't ya'll,,,,, Well,,you gots 3 weeks to start walkin around in shorts to get some sun on them legs ain't seen the sun in,,,,,in,,,a while,,,,  Remember,,,,,Ms Jenn is wnatin you to "Do like the romans when in Rome,,,,so you gots to make her happy,,,!!! AND,,,we want to see some pics,,,,Ya hear,,,,!!!!
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Posted By: JC-WI
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2019 at 8:27pm
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Congratulations there Thad... Bet thats a big relief for you not having to deal with those people. Now to wrap your head around the upcoming Hawaiian trip... ------------- He who says there is no evil has already deceived himself The truth is the truth, sugar coated or not. Trawler II says, "Remember that." |
Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2019 at 8:56pm
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YEAH!!! you stuck to your guns and made it through!! CONGRATS! Now you've got a well deserved vacation comin and don't fergit,,,,,,,,,them pictures!! ------------- "Allis-Express" 19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17 |
Posted By: klinemar
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2019 at 9:00pm
| Good for you Thad for sticking around and seeing the job through! If your itinerary takes you near Pearl Harbor go! That place is where World War 2 started for America. I have been there and it is an eye opening experience! |
Posted By: allis g
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2019 at 9:35pm
| Be sure to see the battleship Missouri also across from the Missouri is the Oklahoma Memorial. Look for Ltjg. Al Schmidt my second cousin. Went down with the Oklahoma. |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2019 at 5:01am
I’ve always wanted to go to Pearl Harbor. She knows that and I think that’s why we’re going there. I don’t know what all she has planned but the Missouri is one thing and she booked a whale watching tour. I hope the Dramamine works. LOL |
Posted By: allis g
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2019 at 6:24am
| We went to the Aviation museum also. It took us two days to see it all. |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2019 at 6:32am
Is that near Pearl Harbor? She says we’re not renting a car. I reckon we’re taking a bus or who knows. She’s been there and knows her way around. I want to see that museum. WW2 aircraft?? |
Posted By: allis g
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2019 at 6:39am
| Av. Museum is real near the Missouri. It’s on ford island you have to take a bus out there. Try and be there for morning colors 0800. The cars stop on the bridge people get out and stand facing the flag. |
Posted By: klinemar
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2019 at 8:05am
| When my wife and I was at the Aviation Museum I saw bullet holes in the control tower! They have been left as a reminder of the attack! |
Posted By: Tbone95
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2019 at 8:21am
Good to hear on the job. Earned your stripes this year fo sho! Enjoy your trip, you earned it, and it should be a great time with the Mrs. Hopefully your whale watching cruise is more productive than the one we tried off CA. Nice boat ride, lots of sea lions, some dolphins, but no whales.
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Posted By: allis g
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2019 at 8:46am
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The control tower and museum hanger are historic sites. They have to leave the bullet holes there. Look around outside there are chunks out of the concrete from bullets too. |
Posted By: Scott B
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2019 at 9:08am
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Have a good time Thad. You'll look great wearing boots with those shorts. Probably won't need your heavy coat for awhile. On that airplane ride back, maybe you have a longer lay over somewhere....guessing you're riding through Dallas. Usually the flights west to east are shorter due to favorable tailwinds on the return. Grab yourself some cheap snorkeling gear at the Wally World there in Arkansas and then buy a bag of frozen veggies when you get there......go out swimming and spread those veggies....fish come from all over! And remember, the best things on that island are free (sunsets, sunrises, lounging on the beach, rainbows, etc) Everything else is rather costly..... ------------- D17 Series 1 Allis B- 1939 Allis B- 1945 |
Posted By: klinemar
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2019 at 11:16am
| We stayed on Maui and flew to Honolulu. We took a whale watching tour and it was quite informative. I could spot the whales from quite a distance. Captain complimented me on my eyesight said I would make a good sailor. I told him I make a better Farmer as spotting things from a distance comes from looking across big open fields! Also picking up movement from hunting Deer! The weather is paradise! If it rains in the morning,dry by afternoon. 80 degrees year around. And on Maui no humidity as the trade winds blowing it away. I would move there in a heartbeat but too far away and too expensive! |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2019 at 11:16am
Scott I’m trying to decide if you’re being nice or setting me up for shark bait. I like the snorkeling idea. I hope for some R&R on the beach but Jenny ain’t much for sitting around. She’ll have us on the go. |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2019 at 11:20am
| What a difference. Yesterday we were in a warm house full of wacky weed smoke with Buffalo Springfield on the stereo and today I’m on the wrong end of a jack hammer in a dirty factory and I’m happier today.👍 |
Posted By: Sugarmaker
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2019 at 11:36am
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Good job Thad, Its some of those not so good things in life that help us grow and appreciate the good things! Enjoy your vacation! Regards, Chris ------------- D17 1958 (NFE), WD45 1954 (NFE), WD 1952 (NFE), WD 1950 (WFE), Allis F-40 forklift, Allis CA, Allis D14, Ford Jubilee, Many IH Cub Cadets, 32 Ford Dump, 65 Comet. |
Posted By: john(MI)
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2019 at 12:41pm
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Hey, I'm glad you finally woke up and escaped that nightmare!! Enjoy your vacation. ------------- D14, D17, 5020, 612H, CASE 446 |
Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2019 at 1:01pm
| When we went it was longer going than coming home because we had a tail wind, we flew from Atlanta all the way no stop, talk about flat but. There is a zoo and aquarium also that was nice to see, just relax and enjoy. |
Posted By: JohnCO
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2019 at 10:49pm
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You can take the bus all around Honolulu, a lot cheaper then a tour bus or whatever and you can stay as long or short in any place. I think sharks go for red meat, shouldn't be too interested in fruit and veggies. It's not worth hauling the snorkeling gear all the way there and back, just rent them for the day or longer. My favorite place is Kauai, the garden island. Oh, and Congratulations on finishing the job. The Buffalo Springfield wouldn't be bad, not so much the weed.
------------- "If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer" Allis Express participant |
Posted By: Ron Eggen
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2019 at 11:32pm
| It used to be that in Honolulu you could go to the old Pro Bowl Stadium on Wednesdays and attend the weekly swap meet and buy all your Hawaii souvenirs dirt cheap. |
Posted By: JoeO(C-MO)
Date Posted: 01 Mar 2019 at 4:05am
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I went with my wife to the islands, toured some, rode the interstate , went to Pearl Harbor, WWII Memorials, a tour around the island. She had meetings to go to so one morning I hiked up Diamond Head, interesting. I want to go back to see some things again, also the other islands. The WWII memorials make you think about what was happening! ------------- D10 III, D15 II 3 pt, D15 II SC, 170 Gas w/shuttle, 175 Diesel UI ROPS, 185 w ROPS. AC 653 w/6 way blade, ROPS AC 615 Ind. WD45 running/Parts. |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 01 Mar 2019 at 4:47am
I agree on the Buffalo Springfield. They had a little Bose radio that isn’t 3” tall and 6” long that sounded amazing. It would of fit nicely in my tool belt. Lol |
Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 01 Mar 2019 at 8:28am
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Dang,,!!!! all this talk bout Hawaii makes a guy think bout makin a trip like that but,,,,but,,,with MY take on the ocean bein SOOoooooo deep,,,They'd have to move them islands lots more closer to the mainland where you could walk across from Long Beach pier,,,and if they can't,,,,,,,then I ain't going,,,!!!! (can't swim worth a chit, I can't) ,,,,,
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Posted By: trace
Date Posted: 01 Mar 2019 at 8:40am
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have a friend that just left hawaii for tucson az after two years there. hated it, so dirty, lots of homeless and everything way over priced. also crap for healhtcare. couldn't get out of there fast enough. ------------- 1955 WD-45 WIDE FRONT W/ TRIP LOADER |
Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 01 Mar 2019 at 10:38am
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Yea it's always greener on the other side of the fence, till you get stuck there and really have a look around.
Except at my north 40. ------------- 1938 B, 79 Dynamark 11/36 6spd, 95 Weed-Eater 16hp, 2010 Bolens 14hp |
Posted By: Darrell G (MN)
Date Posted: 01 Mar 2019 at 11:59am
| Thad an old trick for being on rough water, all ways keep you stomach full, even take some crackers along and munch on them, way less of a problem with sea sickness with a full stomach. |
Posted By: Ray54
Date Posted: 01 Mar 2019 at 4:33pm
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Congradulations on coming out with your sanity Thad. Now John you had me thinking you were partaking of weed till I read it again.
 I mean AO Cortez has already got people working on get a train track to Ha. That will solve Joe's problem. He will still be over the water,but AOC and my former govenor Moonbean, and the bullet trains. Just close his eyes boom your there. |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 01 Mar 2019 at 7:17pm
Well that’s something I’m very good at and I like crackers. 👍 |
Posted By: JC-WI
Date Posted: 01 Mar 2019 at 8:13pm
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Ray, Moonbeam needs a Bullet train right between his I's... ------------- He who says there is no evil has already deceived himself The truth is the truth, sugar coated or not. Trawler II says, "Remember that." |
Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 01 Mar 2019 at 8:57pm
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Joe, when I went through boot camp, (Navy) they told us that you didn't need to worry about swimming. You were never any farther than 5 miles from land..... Thad ole buddy, I haven't been on Oahu since 71. It was expensive then, so I would imagine it's even more now. Get off the main island and you'll enjoy yourselves immensely! Don't worry about that Dramamine either, you won't need it. The seas around Hawaii are pretty much calm all the time. Enjoy yourselves!! nnnnn,,,,,,,,,stay away from the football stadium. ------------- "Allis-Express" 19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17 |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 02 Mar 2019 at 7:01am
I seen how calm the water is around How are ye when they used to have that five O TV show. What’s wrong with the stadium? They winners or something???😆 |
Posted By: Ray54
Date Posted: 02 Mar 2019 at 12:49pm
Not saying you are wrong,
but I think he is done. Before Gavy leaves I will probably think he was not so bad. I keep thinking how much dummer can they get, .........................better to not go there they never fall short . |
Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 02 Mar 2019 at 2:42pm
| If you think your stomach can handle it take the helicopter ride over the island it's super nice and you see parts you can't see other wise. Above all relax and enjoy |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 02 Mar 2019 at 3:10pm
| glad you made it thru the cluster F you was in! I didn't see no pics of it yet! go home grab yer old lady...ooops...I mean your loving wife and squeeze her tight! enjoy your honeymoon on the islands! yeah...we/I want pics of that too! |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 02 Mar 2019 at 5:26pm
Shameless I never kept one single pic of that job. I have to take some for progress reports but once they’re seen I delete them so as not to remember that place. I’m sure Jenn will take lots of how are he pics. I’ll see if she will post some when we get home. |
Posted By: Scott B
Date Posted: 02 Mar 2019 at 6:16pm
Nah, I ain't joshin you Thad. You'll be in pretty shallow water, probably less them 10'. You open that bag of veggies and you'll b in an aquarium full of colorful fish. It's a blast. Wife and I had to make multiple runs to the store to resupply. JohnCo certainly right about renting equipment but I take my own so I can come and go as I want without being bothered with the rental. Now, I am surprised no one has suggested you try eating the Poi at one of those Luau's.....looks like applesauce and tastes like biscuits and gravy! ------------- D17 Series 1 Allis B- 1939 Allis B- 1945 |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 02 Mar 2019 at 9:16pm
| I want to go to one of those luau’s. I don’t eat sea food. We will try the veggies. |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 02 Mar 2019 at 10:30pm
| you can eat fresh veggies here...try the seafood, it'll taste different than what we get inland...it's much better tasting! |